CarZ launches franchisee Programme ‘CarZ Xpress’

Multi-brand car service company, CarZ plans major expansion. Aims to setup 300 workshops across the country by 2018ETAuto BureauNEW DELHI: IndoUS Venture Partners' backed CarZ, a multi-brand car repair and maintenance services company, today announced a franchisee programme under the brand name ‘CarZ Xpress’. The company plans to open about 100 franchises in the next 36 months.

CarZ currently operates 12 company-owned “Grande” facilities in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. These facilities offer repair and maintainance services for all makes and models of cars and nationwide 24x7 road-side assistance. The company said it will continue to expand the “Grande” formats as well.

The first outlet of ‘CarZ Xpress’ was launched recently in Hyderabad, Telangana.

“Presently, only about 30 per cent of the cars are repaired and serviced at authorized dealers/service centres. There is a huge opportunity for organised, independent and multi-brand car repair and service providers, considering that India has a current car parcel of over 20 million," said Venu Donepudi, MD, CarZ. "And every year over 2.5 million cars are sold in India, making it the 7th largest auto market in the world. By 2017, it is estimated that this number will grow to 7 million cars sold each year.”